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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Meal Prep Recipe: Chicken and Veggie Burritos with Greek Yogurt Spread & Beef and Veggie Kabobs

 Meal prep time again! I used some leftovers I had from a dinner the night before (the mushrooms, and chicken breast) so this meal came out to be a little cheaper, but should stay around the $40-$50 range for the week.

Ingredients Needed:
  • 3 yellow bell peppers
  • 3 green bell peppers
  • 2 medium red onions
  • 2 cans hot ROTEL
  • 2 cans low sodium black beans
  • 1 can pineapple chunks
  • 1 pack wooden skewers
  • 1 pack sliced mushrooms
  • 1 pack of chicken breasts (about 5-6 5oz breast, or about 2-2.5 lbs of chicken) (was on sale!)
  • 1 pack of stew beef (it was on managers special for half off)
  • 1 pack of flatbread wraps (low carb high fiber)
  • 1 package of no fat greek yogurt
Chicken and Veggie Burritos:
  • Preheat oven to 375 F
  • Place chicken on a baking sheet and season you your liking, I used paprika, garlic powder, pepper, chili powder (great and under appreciated seasoning right here) and red pepper flakes
  • Cook chicken for 45 min - 1 hour depending on how thick it is
  • While chicken is cooking, wash and cut 1 green pepper, 1 yellow pepper, 3/4 of a red onion and drain and wash the black beans.
  • Put the peppers and onion in a large skillet with some oil in the bottom and cook on medium high heat for 5-10 minutes.
  • After cooking add black beans and both cans of ROTEL. Mix well.
  • Then cover and reduce heat to medium or medium low and cook until vegetables are done.
  • Once chicken is finished, let cool and then dice.
Finishing the Dish:
  •  Split among 6 containers the vegetables and chicken evenly.
  • When you are ready to eat, pull out a flatbread and spread some greek yogurt on sheet and add the vegetables and chicken.  Roll up and enjoy.
Beef and Veggie Kabobs:
  •  Cut up the remaining vegetables in bigger slices and separate into bowls.
  • Marinade and season steak to your liking.
  • Place a piece of foil on the counter top so that you can keep your counter clean.
  • On skewers place onion, green and yellow pepper, mushrooms, pineapple and beef chunks.
  • Make sure to place them ~ .5" apart to allow them to cook better.
  • Put as many as you can on a baking sheet and then put in the oven for 15 minutes or so (keep an eye on them to make sure everything cooks evenly)
  • (Brush kabobs with seasoning before putting them in the oven)
Finishing the Dish:
  • Split evenly among the five containers.  Mine had ~3 kabobs per meal.
Viola and you are done.  Enjoy and stay healthy!

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